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The most interesting thing about the Children's Crusade is that it may have never happened. Or if it did, it likely developed far differently than the popular narrative. The so-called Children's Crusade may have only been a crusade of teenagers and young men, rather than young children as has traditionally been claimed.

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Dr. Kelly DeVries Teenagers at War During the Middle Ages DeReMilitari.Org

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Chronica Regiae Coloniensis The Children's Crusade 1212 Internet History Sourcebooks

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Dr. R.L. Wolff The Children's Crusade In A History of the Crusades Ed. Kenneth M. Setton Vol. 2 The Later Crusades 1189-1311 University of Wisconsin Digital Library

Matthew of Paris

Chronica Regiae Coloniensis

Steven Runciman [Excerpt] The Children's Crusade (1212) A History of the Crusades 3 Vols. The History Guide

Raffael Scheck Did the Children's Crusade of 1212 Really Consist of Children? Problems of Writing Childhood History The Journal of Psychohistory

History House The Children's Crusade Irreverent, as it notes, but some good information is provided.

Templar History The Children's Crusade Brief Article on the Children's Crusade